Improvement



M. MOONEY, T. D. .VAN PORN & C. G. WINTERBERG.

Railroad Gar-Stoves.

N 143 52 Patentgd 0 ct.7,18i73.

Inventor.

.dttorneys.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARION MOONEY, TUNIS D. VAN DORN, AND CHARLES C. WINTERBERG, OF

EDINBURG, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT I N RAILROAD-CAR STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,526, dated October7, 1873; applicationfiled February 21, 1873.

To all whom it may concern Beitknownthatwe,MARIoNMooNEY,TUNIs D. VANDORN, and CHARLES C. WINTERBERG, of Edinburg, in the county of Johnsonand in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stove for Raihoad- Cars; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

Our invention consists of a shallow waterreservoir bolted to thecar-floor, and provided with a space in its center, within which thestove is placed, the reservoir and stove being connected together by anelbow-pipe, so that in case of accident to the car the water in thereservoir will flow through the elbow-pipe into the stove and extinguishthe fire therein, all, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which ourinventionappertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation, referring to the annexeddrawing, which represents a railroadcar stove with our inventionattached.

A represents a stove of any pattern, shape, or form used inrailroad-cars. This stove is provided with suitable feet or bolts, andconnected to the floor of the car. Upon the floor of the car, entirelysurrounding the stove, is placed the water-reservoir B. This reservoiris constructed in the form of a shallow box, of metal, larger at one endthan at the other, or the sides, leaving a rectangular open space in itscenter, and provided with flanges, by which means it is connected to thefloor of the stove. The reservoir thus formed is made and put downentirely independent of the stove, and can be used with a stove of anyknown form or construction by making an orifice in its side,

by which means the elbow-pipe O, which ex tends upward from thereservoir, is inserted. The elbow-pipe 0 extends upward-fiom the largeportion of the reservoir, so that it enters the stove-body above thefire-line, and when, in case of accident to the car, it is thrown oneither side or end, the water in the reservoir will pass into the firethrough the pipe 0 and extinguish it. In each corner of the base-tubes Bis a vent, to, for the purpose of admitting atmosphere to give free flowof waterand allow any steam generated to escape, the said basetubesbeing supplied with water at the elbow of the connecting-tube 0 throughthe mouth I). The base-tube B, on one side, is provided with afaucet, D,passing through the base-tube and floor, for the purpose of dischargingthe water, to prevent freezing when the car or coach is not in use.

We are aware that awater-reservoir attached to a car-stove is not new;hence we disclaim such as being, broadly, our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

p The shallow water-reservoir B, secured to the car-floor, and providedwith an open space, into which the stove A is placed, and the elbow pipe0, connecting the stove and the reservoir, all combined substantially asand for the uses set forth. it

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 15th day of February, 1873.

MARION MOONEY. TUNIS D. VAN DORN. CHARLES C. WINTERBERG.

Witnesses: H. A. BELL,

J OSEPH H. CLARKE.

